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Self-inflicted wounds. police had been searching for him since the early morning killings on monday. one neighbor said they heard gunshots and then children combreling no, mommy, no. stone did not harm his two daughters and brought them to the neighbors home, the former marine reservist had been in a custody dispute with his ex-wife. now, its a peaceful evening at this moment in sydney, australia, business district but almost two days ago the air was filled with gunfire and fear. australias ne...

The law society, very close by are the law courts. as well as the u.s. consulate. so all these people, you know, hundreds of people have been evacuated from the heart of martin place, in the cbd here in sydney as this siege unfolds. >> a short time ago, over the last hour or so when you got there, you were much closer to the action. so why are they continuing to expand this exclusion area? >> reporter: yeah. thats right. where we were several hours ago, we could actually see the cafe. we had a v...

Are not talking about a quiet area. this is the cbd of sydney. next door very close to the lindt cafe is the u.s. consulate, the headquarters of the reserve banks, as well asthma josh tv network which is across the road. so you have to presume this gunman armed, according to police, with a shotgun, also carrying a backpack. we dont know what is inside that backpack. he has chosen this location to get maximum coverage. we have yet to confirm how many hostages he has. police refusing to give us a ...

Cafe, film whats taking place. so obviously that building is being evacuated or everything nearby as is the u.s. consulate. there are dozens of buildings within that vicinity, and the police have gone and blocked off much of the cbd around the cafe, around martin place, not allowing anybody in. theres heavy, heavy police presence. weve seen snipers. heavily armed as well as other police with flak jackets. there is that contingency of law enforcement. they are not your regular police officers but...

He took over that coffee at 10:00 yesterday morning. there were police in position. there was also the bomb squad. there was also a real fear that not only did he plot bombs at the cafe but also around sydney. the opera house, which is at the very end of this road behind me, this was a bomb scare down there when a parcel had been located, but that turned out to be a false lead as did the other claims of bombs scattered around the city. the focus was on martin place, the center of this cbd here i...

That. less than an hour later, this response, uber sydney trips from cbd will be free for riders. higher rates are in place to encourage drivers to get into the cbd. keep it here. this kid any gunman tried to use social media in his siege. well take a closer look at some of those new tools of terror and how tech companies are moving faster than weve seen before in these situations.

>> reporter: yeah, thats right, natalie. certainly according to the deputy police commissioner. she wants this resolved peacefully. the siege now into its ninth hour. we know that the hostage taker, who is armed, has a number of hostages. we still dont have specifics. its rather frustrating. i have to admit that we dont have the details that we would hope. but certainly police remajor extremely tight-lipped. they say they have the situation under control, that they are talking to the gunman, who...

In the cbd in this major financial shopping district its, of course, also shopping for christmas. plenty of should have beeners out and about. now this area in lock down. there are hundreds of police here. the bomb squad is also here. of course, we have seen sniper police there also in position. >> its 10:00 in the morning, obviously, a busy time, the cafe would have been very busy. you mentioned in your report that the gunman said he has operatives, bombs there. we dont know any of that has com...

In the heart of the cbd. its difficult to see what the motivation of this particular gunman is. but the first clarification there, that this gunman, calling himself "the brother", now wants an isil delivered to him, and he will release one more hostage. >> lets back up here. we had these reports earlier in the day, that the gunman had spoken to a shock jock, very right wing and conservative radio announcer. we did not put that on air, because there was some confusion whether it was actually the ...

Him. anna coren is live in sydney. >> reporter: yeah, chris, its going on 11:30 p.m. here, the cbd of sydney is very much in lockdown. we are talking several blocks around this cafe. this is as far as the police will allow us. earlier in the day we were much closer to lindt cafe. we had a visual of the cafe, however, due to security reasons, concerns the gunman would start firing explosives, bombs, we were moved away, but there are hundreds of police within the vicinity of the bomb squad is also...